The European car market continued to decline in October 2018, as 1.12 million vehicles were registered during the month, down 7.1% on the same time last year.
The European new car market saw growth of 2.7% to 8.66 million units, despite the UK recording the biggest slow down in registrations across the continent in the first half of 2018.
The European car market saw a slight increase of 0.5% in May year-on-year, according to the latest data from JATO Dynamics.
The UK was the only market from the big five in Europe to see a decline in new car registrations over the first half of this year.